From the Fortunate Isles by Tony Curtis
Seren books is pleased to announce the publication of From the Fortunate Isles: New and Selected Poems by Wales-born author Tony Curtis. Published in the year of the author’s 70th birthday, the book features a generous selection from his individual collections as well as vibrant new poems inspired by recent residencies at home and abroad.
Tony Curtis is an established and acclaimed poet, novelist and critic. He has written and edited over forty books, most recently his debut novel ‘Darkness in the City of Light’, which was shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize, and ‘Where the Birds Sing our Names’, an anthology of poems for the children’s charity Tŷ Hafan. He was Wales’s first Professor of Poetry at the University of Glamorgan, where he developed and directed the M. Phil in Writing. He was awarded a Gregory Award in 1972; won the National Poetry Competition in 1983; and the Dylan Thomas Award for Spoken Poetry in 1993, judged by Dannie Abse and Dylan’s daughter Aeronwy. He had a Cholmondeley Award in 1998 and a D.Litt. in 2004. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781723302 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781723303 |
| Title | From the Fortunate Isles |
| Author | Tony Curtis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Poetry Wales Press |
| Year published | 2016-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 260 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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